Buchcover The Quantum Mechanics Solver | Jean-Louis Basdevant | EAN 9783662042779 | ISBN 3-662-04277-0 | ISBN 978-3-662-04277-9

From the reviews:

"I'll have it next to me while writing my next quantum exam. I will also consult it when looking for applications to help student's comprehension. ... I recommend this book for the library of any institution teaching quantum mechanics.„ Craig Savage, The Physicist, 2000, 37,5

The Quantum Mechanics Solver by J.-L. Basdevant and T. Dalibard is an excellent collection of quantum mechanics problems with complete solutions. When I first came across this book, the classic collection by S. Flügge inevitably came to my mind. WiIl this again be a book with endless calculations of exactly solvable examples, cast into the form of exercises? After a short while I came to the conclusion that the Quantum Mechanics Solver is entirely different, mainly because - from the very beginning - it encourages qualitative reasoning as a tool that has to accompany all calculations. In that way it comes closer to real-life situations than any other problem collection I am aware of.
(...) I think that the book can really be a valuable addition for physics stcdents on an advanced level. Trying these exercises is really “learning by doing„ and will bring the student to a level that he cannot reach just by reading books and hearing lectures. Apart from this, I found that playing around with the exercises is a very stimulating experience even for somebody who has worked in the field of quantum mechanics for several years. It is really fun to try the exercises, to peek at the solutions, or just to browse through the different sections in order to stumble across your personal favorites. Therefore I recommend this book to everyone - student or scientist - who is seriously interested in quantum mechanics. Bernd Thaller, Acta Physica, 2001,30,4

“… The problems presented… have a direct relation to real experimental works which are often cited in the text. In addition to being an invaluable source of problems for those who wish to gainproficiency in solving physics problems, this book can be fruitfully used by physics undergraduates as a compendium for studying the (experimental) research articles on which the problems in this book have been based … I wholeheartedly recommend this book to everyone whose knowledge of technical details enables him to read it … A most successful attempt in exposing the beauty of physics in simple yet rigorous terms." Dr B. FARID (University of Cambridge) Contemporary Physics, 2001,42,2

The Quantum Mechanics Solver

How to Apply Quantum Theory to Modern Physics

von Jean-Louis Basdevant und Jean Dalibard

Mitwirkende
Autor / Autorin	Jean-Louis Basdevant
Autor / Autorin	Jean Dalibard

Quantum mechanics is an endless source of new questions and fascinating observations. Examples can be found in fundamental physics and in applied physics, in mathematical questions as well as in the currently popular debates on the interpretation of quantum mechanics and its philosophical implica tions. Teaching quantum mechanics relies mostly on theoretical courses, which are illustrated by simple exercises often of a mathematical character. Reduc ing quantum physics to this type of problem is somewhat frustrating since very few, if any, experimental quantities are available to compare the results with. For a long time, however, from the 1950s to the 1970s, the only alterna tive to these basic exercises seemed to be restricted to questions originating from atomic and nuclear physics, which were transformed into exactly soluble problems and related to known higher transcendental functions. In the past ten or twenty years, things have changed radically. The devel opment of high technologies is a good example. The one-dimensional square well potential used to be a rather academic exercise for beginners. The emer gence of quantum dots and quantum wells in semiconductor technologies has changed things radically. Optronics and the associated developments in infra red semiconductor and laser technologies have considerably elevated the social rank of the square-well model. As a consequence, more and more emphasis is given to the physical aspects of the phenomena rather than to analytical or computational considerations.